Vehicle anchorage device



Feb. 15, 1927. 1,617,400

W. H. LANNING VEHICLE ANCHORAGE DEVICE Fild Nov. 1'?, 1924 Patented Feb.Y '15, 192i?.

WILLIAM II. LANNING, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIeNoia To Y Vor DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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VEHCLE ANCHORAGE DEVICE.

Application filed November 17, 1924. Serial Nof''ll.

This invention relates to vehicle anchorage devices for holding' a vehicle lproperly positioned within a freight car or other carrier.

The invention consists primarily in an vimproved resiliently yieldable tie member', itfording a vehicle anchored within a car-` .'ier, a slight rolling travel responsive to shocks and jars encountered in transit of the carrier, and in various other features.

ln the drawings:

Figure l is av side elevation of the improved anchorage means engaging a vehicle .wlieel. n

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional detail taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1 showing the provision for attaching the tie member to a floor.

Figure 4 is a detail elevation of one of the resilient bars of my anchorage device.

In these views the reference character A designates a vehicle wheel which rests upon a floor A of a freight car or other carrier, or upon any suitable support. The hub B of said wheel is secured to the wheel body by a plurality of bolts C, said hub having the usual flange C for engagement by said bolts.

During shipment of the vehicle equipped with said wheel, a plate D is secured to the hub flange C by certain of the bolts C. As shown, said plate has the form of a half ring which engages the flange C beneath the hub B. VSaid plate is formed with a downwardly projecting lug D and is further formed with two lugs D2 projecting downwardly at an inclination respectively toward the front and back of the vehicle. The twisted upper ends of the oppositely bowed resilient metal bars E are connected by suit able pivot pins F to the lugs D2. As shown, the end portions of each bar E are preferably twisted substantially 900 to provide suitable flat attaching portions D3 and Dt respectively. Said pairs of tie members extend forwardly and rearwardly, each bar being pivotally attached at its lower end to the surface A by means of an anchorage plate G. Said plate has an arched central portion H which is slotted at H to admit the lower ends of the ties E, a pivot pin J being engaged with said bars lwithin the arch, andY said pin being held in place by a par or' nails K or the like, driven into the surface A through said arch. kThe ends of the-bars E are twisted to engage each other. and to engage the pivots F and J To the lug D of the plate D there is pivotally attached the upper end of' a tie member M which extends outwardly and downwardly from the wheel, its lower eX- tremity being fastened to the support A bymeans of an anchorage plate N.

In the use of the described construction, when the vehicle having the wheel A is subjected to any longitudinally acting shock,

lsaid vehicle is permitted to yield slightly to said shock as is indicated by dash lines in Figure 1, the eiiect of such movement being to decrease the curvature of one pair of the tie members E and increase the curvature of the other pair. Such a Amovement or" the vehicle is cushioned by the yielding resistance or' the bars E to elongation. f The purpose ot' the tie member'M is pri- WILLIAM W. BLAKELY, i.

marily to resist stresses acting transversely upon the vehicle equipped with the wheel A and further to prevent any upward tilting of the engaged wheel.

By permitting a limited response of the anchored vehicle to shocks and jars encountered in transit, the described anchorage device materially relieves the vehicle from' resulting stresses and strains.A

If desired, the anchorage* device may be provided with only *oneV resilient bar, E vat the front and rear of the rod M.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A tie member Vfor vehicle anchorage purposes comprising a pair of reversely bowed resilient metal bars, means for piv-` otally attaching corresponding ends of said bars to a vehicle and the other ends thereoi:l to a fiXed support.

2. In an anchorage device, a pair ofreversely bowed resilient bars, a common means for securing the upper ends of said bars to a vehicle, and a cominon means for securing the lower,l ends of the bars toa support for the vehicle.

, 3. Ananchorage device including a bowedl vtainer pin in the inverted U-shaped portion of the plate extending through the fiat attaching.p0itioii of the 4bar.

4. An anchorage device for a vehicle including an vadapter plate, a floor plate, and

a bowed spring nietal bar adapted to yieldV longitudinally of the vehicle having end portions twisted substantially 90 to provide fiat attaching portions, and pivots extending transversely of the vehicle connecting the fiat attaching portions of said bar to said adapter plate and floor pite.

,n 5. An anchorage device including a bowedresilient bar having a substantially flat at- 6.Aii anchorage device for a'vehicle ineluding an adapter plate, ya kfloor plate, and p a bowed spring metal bar adapted 'to yieldv longitudinally of the vehicle having subn stantially 4flat attaching portions, and pivots connecting the flat attaching portions of said bail to said adapter plate and floor plate.

In testimony whereoi I affix my signature.

' f WILLIAM H. LANNING. 

